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OSCE loses contact with Ukraine observer team

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has lost contact with one of its Donetsk-based teams in eastern Ukraine, the European security watchdog has said. The team comprised of an Estonian, a Swiss, a Turk and a Dane was on a routine patrol east of Donetsk when contact was lost.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.